The weekend of Sept. 13 to 15 is shaping up to be the party weekend of the year in Green Bay, and you know what that means.

If the Green Bay Packers-Minnesota Vikings rivalry for the home opener at Lambeau Field on Sept. 15 wasn’t big enough, toss in back-to-back concerts by country music heavyweight Eric Church on Sept. 13 and 14 at the Resch Center across Oneida Street to up the "Drink in My Hand" factor.

Church has proven a huge draw when he plays the Resch. He three previous tour stops in 2017, 2014 and 2012 were all sellouts. The 2014 stop on his Outsiders World Tour played to 9,757 people, the sixth-biggest crowd in Resch history and a record holder for the all-time high concessions revenue at the venue.

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They don't call him The Chief for nothing. Eric Church, shown during his 2012 visit, has three sold-out Resch Center shows under his belt. Two of them rank among the 10 largest concert crowds at the venue.(Photo: USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)

His current Double Down Tour, with shows clocking in at three-plus hours, has been selling strongly at the Resch Center, said Terry Charles, senior corporate communications manager for PMI Entertainment Group, which manages the venue.

Church's two concerts are expected to draw 15,000 to 20,000 people, with fans coming from across the state and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and some likely catching both shows, which will have different setlists each night.

That means a busy one-two punch both pre- and post-show on Friday and Saturday at bars and restaurants in the stadium district, which will then open early Sunday morning for the 80,000-plus football fans heading to the noon Vikings-Packers game.

The one unknown that could make things even more interesting: Will the Packers host a free outdoor concert that same weekend?

Last year, Steve Miller played a free show in the Lambeau Field lot on the Saturday evening before the Packers took on the Chicago Bears for the “Sunday Night Football” home opener. That concert was part of the Packers' 100 Seasons, a 16-month celebration of the team’s history. The Packers also hosted a concert in 2017 by Blues Traveler and Everclear on the Saturday before the Seattle Seahawks-Packers game at 3:25 p.m. Sunday.

The Packers have said they’d like to make such an event an annual part of kicking off the season. Previous concerts were not announced until July.

Should there be a concert in the Lambeau lot on Sept. 13 or 14, it would likely impact parking for the Church concert. When available, the Resch Center uses the stadium lot for parking for its patrons.

On the other hand, if the Packers are looking for a national anthem singer for the Sept. 15 game, The Chief will be in the neighborhood.

Contact Kendra Meinert at 920-431-8347 or kmeinert@greenbay.gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @KendraMeinert.